An interesting article I came across. I do not know if I was allowed to post the entire article so I excerpted it.
The question remains, what ever happened to the western? My take - the western is a basic good versus evil storyline and Hollywood got out of that business years ago when it started to embrace multiculturalism.
Some of my favorite westerns -
Unforgiven
Shane
True Grit
The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
Lonesome Dove
The Shootist
1 posted on
09/05/2007 4:37:39 AM PDT by
7thson
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To: 7thson
2 posted on
09/05/2007 4:43:58 AM PDT by
ovrtaxt
(Sworn to oppose control freaks, foreign and domestic.)
To: 7thson
But seriously- The Jack Bull was a good, genuine recent western. Worth renting.
3 posted on
09/05/2007 4:48:19 AM PDT by
ovrtaxt
(Sworn to oppose control freaks, foreign and domestic.)
To: 7thson
Favorites here - any John Wayne western.
4 posted on
09/05/2007 4:49:53 AM PDT by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3rd Bn. 5th Marines, RVN 1969. St. Michael the Archangel defend us in battle!)
To: 7thson
Three of my all time favorite movies that just happen to be Westerns -
Gunfight at OK Corral ("You'll die without a dime or a woman")
The Man who Shot Liberty Valance ("Put his boots back on!")
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon ("Lest we forget...")
5 posted on
09/05/2007 5:00:07 AM PDT by
yankeedame
("Oh, I can take it but I'd much rather dish it out.")
To: 7thson
…
Chato's Land
The Wild Bunch
6 posted on
09/05/2007 5:02:15 AM PDT by
cartan
To: 7thson
High Noon
The wild Bunch
the outlaw Josie Wales
The Long riders
Black Robe
The Searchers (Seekers?)
Dances with Wolves
Jeremiah Johnson
True Grit
7 posted on
09/05/2007 5:24:54 AM PDT by
nathanbedford
("I like to legislate. I feel I've done a lot of good." Sen. Robert Byrd)
To: 7thson
“There are not too many American art forms that are original. Most are derived from European art forms.”
Seems to have forgotten Kurosawa’s Samurai Schichinin...
To: 7thson
Silverado was a good one, even thought it has Danny Glover...
Mark
10 posted on
09/05/2007 5:54:36 AM PDT by
MarkL
(Listen, Strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government)
To: 7thson
Not truly a western, but I love watching James Garner in “Support Your Local Sheriff.”
12 posted on
09/05/2007 5:59:04 AM PDT by
cyclotic
(Support Scouting-Raising boys to be men, and politically incorrect at the same time.)
To: 7thson
What is Clint talking about.Brokeback Mountain was a *huge* hit not long ago!
13 posted on
09/05/2007 6:19:13 AM PDT by
Gay State Conservative
(If martyrdom is so cool,why does Osama Obama go to such great lengths to avoid it?)
To: 7thson
16 posted on
09/05/2007 6:22:02 AM PDT by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly.)
To: 7thson
My top ten in no particular order:
The Professionals - Burt Lancaster
Silverado - Kevin Kline
True Grit – John Wayne
The Searchers - John Wayne
High Noon - Gary Cooper
The Shootist - John Wayne
The Cowboys - John Wayne
Unforgiven – Clint Eastwood
The Magnificent Seven - Yul Brynner
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon - John Wayne
And Blazing Saddles.....
19 posted on
09/05/2007 6:44:27 AM PDT by
Caramelgal
(Rely on the spirit and meaning of the teachings, not on the words or superficial interpretations)
To: 7thson
Man who shot Liberty Valance
The Cowboys
20 posted on
09/05/2007 6:50:15 AM PDT by
Dick Vomer
(liberals suck....... but it depends on what your definition of the word "suck" is.,)
To: 7thson
Good recent ones? Any of them with Robert Duvall or Tom Selleck is worth watching.
22 posted on
09/05/2007 6:53:20 AM PDT by
Mr. Jeeves
("Wise men don't need to debate; men who need to debate are not wise." -- Tao Te Ching)
To: 7thson
High Plains Drifter (not just my favorite western, but my second favorite flick of all time - right behind The Devil’s Advocate)
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Silverado
23 posted on
09/05/2007 6:53:54 AM PDT by
DangerDanger
("Libertarianism is the Heart and Soul of Conservatism." - Ronald Reagan)
To: 7thson
The Searchers
Lonesome Dove
Monty Walsh (TNT original?)
The Last of the Mohicans (I know it was an Eastern)
Electric Horseman
26 posted on
09/05/2007 7:16:45 AM PDT by
Let's Roll
(As usual, following a shooting spree, libs want to take guns away from those who DIDN'T do it.)
To: 7thson
Hollywood managed to destroy yet another genre (see also: romance, whodunits) by injecting PC and the gay agenda.
20th century directors and studios gave us Westerns.
21st century directors and studios give us gay cowboys, sheepranchers, call them what you like.
To: 7thson
High NoonHands down. Also had the best theme song.
31 posted on
09/05/2007 12:36:46 PM PDT by
bruin66
(Time: Nature's way of keeping everything from happening at once.)
To: 7thson
My favorite westerns: “Shane,” “High Noon,” “3:10 to Yuma” (the first one),”Ride the High Country,” “The Wild Bunch” and “The Stalking Moon.” Yes, the classic western is a re-enactment of the conflict between good and evil. It is mythical, not realistic. But the really goods ones are very, very convincing (”Shane,” “The Stalking Moon”). The ‘modern westerns (High Noon, 3:10 to Yuma) are somewhat contemporary social critiques, disguised as westerns, but, still, pretty darn good. :)
“What’s deservin’ got to do with it?”
33 posted on
09/05/2007 8:59:45 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
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